This is so fucking wholesome... Personally I wasn't really a halo person, you would see me playing Castleminers z or BattleBlock Theater Sucks to see the end of a great era.
Damn... hearing "5 minutes remaining" usually means something so... normal in Halo, but given the context? It's sad. We all heard a guy sigh after, probably feeling the same thing. Five minutes. Five minutes until the entirety of Halo 3, Reach and 4's multiplayers are gone. And then it happens.
Microsoft, Xbox, and 343 don't care about preserving this at all. They had something so wonderful and legendary and they just throw it down the toilet.
Halo 3 is back up btw, not officially but through a fan project that generalkidd and mint blitz have touched on. Look up videos on it and youll get the info.
When I heard Halo 3 was being shutdown I started playing again, It was as fun as I remembered. Day of shutdown, I had to work... I no joke teared up when I couldn't get into a game:(
I played halo 3 again before it was gone and damn was it fun, I left it on overnight and when I came back in the morning to see that my beloved halo 3 multiplayer would never be as it was in 2007 at launch, the population will be 0 for the rest of time and will be void of any light. It’s p sad but dang what an experience !
The classic Halo 2, 3, and Reach never deserved to have their MP servers sunsetted, but they were fun while they lasted. I know MCC tried to preserve these games, but it's not the same without everyone trash-talking and laughing about plays made in the moment, or pre-match lobbies.
I'm still online! I can't search machtmaking but I've still got recon and all of the playlist ranks! I never turned off my xbox, so everything stayed on my console. If anyone would like to join, DM me! I can view your ranks if you'd like to see them one last time :(